When Irish actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was asked to play Elvis Presley, his first instinct was to reject the role.

Natascha McElhone had better have her thermals ready.

For some curious reason Hollywood has taken the late Dennis Potter's great l980's TV drama series and turned it into a film. One wonders why!

Set in the curious world of industrial spying - have a listening device and go and listen - Natali's often self-congratulatory film is so downbeat that you know he's going for that overly serious look of a story which takes itself far too seriously.

Here's a cheapjack attempt to make a romance in the fashion of The French Lieutenant's Woman - a sort of story within a story.

Gwyneth Paltrow's new film will have a gala screening in England three days before it's released.

It's becoming a national sport, trying to figure out who will be the next 007 if and when Pierce Brosnan moves on.

Kate Winslet's separation from her husband Jim Threapleton has been amicable, according to a statement from the couple.